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Old 01-26-2007, 06:51 PM
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Default Hello from Western North Carolina
Sam Grant told me to come here and intoduce myself...so here goes.
My name is James Cowan and I hail from Asheville, N.C.
I have been a history nut for as long as I can remember.
My 3rd great-grandfather was James W. Terrell. He served the confederacy as a Captain in The Thomas Legion.
I am always wanting to learn more and I am looking forward to reading ALL of the post in each forum.
Sam Grant...the reason for this avatar...well...to be honest...I think it's just funny.
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Old 01-26-2007, 09:02 PM
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Repeat, welcome to CivilWarTalk.

Glad to have you with us.

If you're going to read all of the posts, you have a lot of reading ahead of you. Don't forget to come up for air and make a few posts of your own now and then.
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Old 01-26-2007, 09:46 PM
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Repeat: welcome to the forum. That is indeed a funny avatar. A modern Louisiana Tiger.
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Old 01-26-2007, 10:31 PM
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James,

Welcome to the forum.

I hope you get comfortable and feel right at home here, as we do have a good, fiesty bunch of folks with plenty of opinions on the late war.

We look forward to your views and future posts.

Sincerely,
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Old 01-27-2007, 12:30 PM
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Lots of us Carolina mountain folk have numbers of one sort or another. Since a lot of us are cousins, that's one way of keeping up with kin? James, welcome to the board. As a native of Ashe County, always good to see a southerner from down the ridge. I learn a lot from these yanks, and hope to hear more from you! We ain't outnumbered by much, so come on along. I believe we're finally starting to win the war, but it may take a while.
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Old 01-27-2007, 10:41 PM
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BTW, whose mug shot is it Repeat?
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Old 01-27-2007, 10:53 PM
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A great moment of some misunderstanding, no doubt.

I only got arrested once at the age of 15, for shoplifting, which apparently did not merit a nice keepsake mug shot.
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Old 01-28-2007, 01:01 AM
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Sam, when we were 15, cameras were in their infancy.
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Old 01-28-2007, 08:47 AM
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Larry,

What, no sketch artist?

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Old 01-28-2007, 10:12 AM
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Neil, I doubt an artist would want to look at the pair of us long enough to produce a sketch?
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